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THE CUBA REVIEW 



FURTHER TRADE NEWS 



UNITED KINGDOM AND CUBA 



More than half of Cuba's imports from 

 the United Kingdom are made up of cotton 

 and cotton goods, rice and machinery. The 

 total value of cotton goods imported in the 

 year 1911-12 was £2,434,508, of which £957,- 

 753 came from the United Kingdom. These 

 figures show an increase of £200,000 in the 

 imports from the United Kingdom ; but, 

 as they represent a slight filling off in the 

 percentage of the total, there should still 

 be large openings for British exporters 

 which are not taken advantage of. 



Machinery to the value of £2,000,000 was 

 imported — that is, to the value of some 

 £750,000 more than in the preceding year. 

 Of this the United Kingdom only secured 

 about £204,000, a decrease of £42,000 in 

 comparison with the previous year. Very 

 considerable sums, however, have been ex- 

 pended on new sugar machinery during the 

 past autumn, and the figures for the next 

 year should show a considerable increase. 



British goods and trading principles are 

 held in the highest repute, and there can 

 be no doubt that trade will be largely aug- 

 mented when the British merchant realizes 

 that Cuba offers a field for his enterprise, 

 and is more ready to send representatives 

 to the country. — Financial A^czvs, London. 



CUSTOM HOUSE RECEIPTS 



Havana's customs collections for August 

 compare as follows : 



1913 $1,866,322 



1912 1,028,150 



1911 1,597,533 



1910 1,414,351 



1909 1,516,254 



1908 ], 292,894 



NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS 



Hereafter Havana merchants who over- 

 pay customs duties will have the excess 

 refunded at once. Under the former re- 

 gime it was customary for them to take 

 legal action to collect the overcharges. On 

 the other hand when they underpaid the 

 duties they were liable to heavy penalties 

 and immediate payment. 



The Cuban government is arranging for 

 a national exhibit at the great Panama- 

 Pacific exposition at San Francisco in 1915. 



General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo has 

 been appointed as representative of the Cu- 

 ban nation at the fair. 



I.iborio, the Cuban workingman, points with pride 

 to the table showing the great increase in customs 

 receipts. See ligures below. — From La Lucha. 

 La Renta de Aduanas — Liborio: En cuatro meses 

 y dlas credo la recaudacion. i Que dird de esto 

 lilcncia? lY que dird Tiburon? — La Lucha. 



INCREASE IN CUSTOMS RECEIPTS 



The first five months of the new ad- 

 ministration shows an extraordinary and 

 flattering gain in the customs receipts of 

 Havana. The total increase for the period 

 named is $1,220,853. The official figures 

 follow : 



1913 1912 



May $1,878,088 $1,654,466 



June 1,830,492 1,623,893 



July 1,770,524 1,609,224 



August 1.866,382 1,628,151 



September 1,957,918 1,560,817 



Total ' $9,297,404 $8,076,551 



This large increase was somewhat un- 

 expected especially in a season when im- 

 portations dwindle. With the increase of 

 business the winter months bring, the fiscal 

 year's increase may reach nearly $3,000,000. 



Exports from the United States to Cuba 

 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, 

 is stated by the Department of Commerce 

 to be $70,600,000. 



